Raising The Bar!
A Short Essay About Fatherhood!
I got a whole lotta buddies who give me hell about the fact that I don’t get out anymore. I wish they could hear how they sound from my perspective:
What they say: you don’t ever come round the bar anymore! What gives?
What I hear: don’t you wanna risk a DUI so you can moderate an argument between an anti-vaxxer and a divorced computer engineer?
What they say: Your old lady has got you whipped like a farm mule!
What I hear: I’ve got 3 ex wives but at least I get to watch SportsCenter whenever I want, you p*ssy!
People act like hanging out with your wife and kid is a death sentence instead of, you know… a thing you literally chose to do. Y’all remember that 30,000 dollar party I threw and invited you to? Yeah, I didn’t do that cause I hated the woman.
I know marriage is tough, but so is taking a solid sh*t after Taco Tuesday. Don’t mean it ain’t worth it. Golf ain’t easy either, but hittin that one good shot off a downhill lie to about 4 feet and sinking the putt will make even a bad round seem fun. That’s how I feel when my wife and son wake me up in the morning, both smiling and ready for Daddy to make breakfast. It don’t matter that she called me a dumb sumbitch the night before cause I used the wrong setting on the laundry machine. She gets a mulligan.
As I sit here drinking coffee and writing this with my son on my lap, I can’t think of any bar I used to frequent that would offer me such satisfaction. I’m glad those days happened, don’t get me wrong, because I have some great memories. Memories to me though are now just things to dwell upon while I’m watching my son make his own!
I do have to admit…. There is still the same amount of puke to clean up!
More on all this later, I got a diaper to change!
‘Corey
Spending time with those we love the most is the greatest gift in the world. Soak up every moment. There will never be enough of them in this lifetime.
Cherish every moment. My son is 25 at the end of the month and I couldn't be more proud of him. My wife and I decided to have a child while sitting in one of those bars on a whatever night. We looked at each other and said, this is boring, you think we should have a kid? Might as well, this sucks. (Plus I get laid)
I became a homebody and it was even better than I could have imagined. Even the hard shit was cool.
I could babble for hours, if you made it this far thanks. Not that you need my affirmation, but you made the greatest decision of you life.
Thanks for sharing